“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Transitions are intense periods of discovery, self-healing, and personal transformation and open space for new possibilities and spiritual growth. From a spiritual point of view, a person’s life is a constant series of transitions: changing jobs or careers, suffering from and healing an illness, beginning or ending relationships, having a baby or facing a death in the family, and initiating or completing creative … [Read more...]
Tap into Your Spiritual Resilience in Times of Crisis
“Tapping into the potential of your spirit is what enables us to manifest miracles.” —Deepak Chopra Our spiritual resilience makes it possible not only to endure hardship and suffering, but to use any challenging situation for spiritual growth and transcend even the most devastating circumstances in our lives. When we can rise above whatever is happening in our lives, we increase our compassion for others. Spiritual resilience involves connecting to a divine energy source greater than ourselves. The spirit, a vital link between the physical plane and the soul, interacts with and animates an otherwise lifeless existence. It is the … [Read more...]
The Pivotal Moment I Let Go of an Unhealthy Relationship and Chose to Love Myself
In all our relationships, it’s essential that we find a point of balance between supporting our own needs, wants, and desires and those of another person. When we fail to satisfy our own needs, it results in no one’s needs being fully satisfied. Instead of asking for or manifesting what we want or desire, we become tolerant of mediocrity in our relationships. Although it’s wonderful to have a strong drive to support, serve, or assist others, in our need to give, we sometimes become overly responsible or over cooperate. This pattern debilitates us and those we serve. This tendency to over help can lead to a pattern of co-dependency where we … [Read more...]
Come Home to Your Heart: 10 Sacred Keys to Soul-Hearted Living
Living a soul-hearted life is a call to come home to your heart and live in alignment with your soul’s path. What I refer to as soul-hearted is a flow of divine energy channeled through your heart center and expressed as your soul’s path through your human experience. You can live in spiritual alignment with your soul’s journey through incorporating these heart-centered principles into your life. Practicing these principles will not only, open you to a more positive energy flow which brings you clarity, vitality, happiness, and well-being, but be the foundation to living joyfully, abundantly, and well. Trusting Ourselves … [Read more...]
5 Sacred Steps to Take When Feeling Energetically Overwhelmed
Creating and maintaining healthy energetic boundaries are key to producing a positive flow of energy in our own being as well as our relationships, especially for highly sensitive individuals. At heart, all our relationships are energetic exchanges—opportunities to become a conduit for life force energy. When energetic boundaries are in place, the resulting flow is growth promoting, first for ourselves and then for others. Without such boundaries, however, we can easily exhaust ourselves of energy or inadvertently take on the unwanted energies of others, outcomes that impede our growth and damage our relationships. Establishing energetic … [Read more...]
5 Anxiety-Soothing Practices I Used When a Childhood Trauma Resurfaced
Sometimes an unexpected situation can trigger a past trauma or unresolved emotional wound that hasn’t fully healed. Such an experience can activate a trauma that seems to come from out of blue; yet, has been buried in our psyche for years. Even when we think we have worked through such trauma, more subtle layers can surface for healing when we least expect it. This is what happened to me while scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico last week. My husband, Doug and I were so excited to dive on one of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. Yet, it had been almost four years since I had been scuba diving in Roatan, Hondurus. Knowing how … [Read more...]
5 Anxiety-Soothing Strategies for Highly-Sensitive Women
All of us are born with the ability to be an open channel of spiritual information, for it is our divine nature. Although each person tunes in to this energy and information differently, we all tap the same divine source. It’s not our “ability” which determines the extent to which we can receive and use this energy, but rather how open and aware we are. For a highly sensitive person (HSP), it’s natural and easy to be open and receptive. As a highly sensitive person, you have chosen an extraordinary time to be on earth to assist in the healing and expansion of our human consciousness. It’s an extraordinary gift to be highly aware, deeply … [Read more...]
Feeling Anxious? Realign with Your Heart Space for a Soothing Respite
If you are suffering from anxiety, you are most likely disconnected from your heart space. To find your way back to inner peace, you must come home to your heart, the seat of your trust, inner wisdom, and spiritual truth. By focusing on your heart and bringing your attention here, you move into present awareness. This is where compassion, acceptance, and trust in yourself and your divine source live. In fact, anxiety and fear cannot co-exist in the same space. When you drop into your heart space, you remain grounded like the eye at the center of a tornado even as anxious thoughts spiral through your mind. Just by bringing your attention … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Inspire Your Child to Tap into the Power of Love
It’s essential that we assist our children in developing inner wisdom, cultivating self-esteem, and following their hearts so they can become an ambassador of love. When, as a parent, you live as an ambassador of love yourself, you inspire your child to express positive energy and a healthy optimism for their future and the future of the world. When you channel love, and create what you want in alignment with what is best for yourself, others, and the world, you model for them how they can too. This flow of love then becomes a spiritual path for them that leads to living joyfully, abundantly, and well. We want to encourage our children to … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Stay Calm in the Midst of Chaos
It’s not easy remaining calm in the center of a storm raging around you. When fear or chaos arrive and you feel yourself spinning out with anxiety, you have the power to choose to respond rather than react. Being responsible or “able to respond” when life comes at you can help you sustain inner peace in turbulent times. Permission to Pause. My number one tool in managing anxiety is giving myself the “permission to pause” in any situation that arouses a reaction. It provides time, space, and a break from the situation to gain healthy detachment. When you push the pause button, you step back, take some deep breaths, drop into your heart … [Read more...]